The Indian Tribes of North America: With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs (three-volume set)

History

Thomas Loraine McKenney

James, Hall

Americas

Scholarly Press

Indian Tribes of North America

Rowman and Littlefield

Excerpt from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, Vol. 1 of 2: With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs; Embellished With One Hundred Portraits From the Indian Gallery in the War Department at Washington Congress of the Confederation enacted a law for granting licences and regulating trade among the Indians; but it was not until ten years later that the United States entered into regular trade relations with the various tribes by establishing factories, or trading posts on the frontier, and providing for the appointment of a Super intendent of Indian Trade. It was to this office that mckenney was called by President Madison in 1816, and to which he was reappointed by President Monroe in 1820. The position was one of trust and of great responsibility, involving the expenditure of large sums of money for purposes of trade as well as in the distribution of annuities. Goods were purchased in open market in the several cities and shipped to the frontier posts, where they were traded to the Indians, without expectation of profit to the Government, for furs and peltries; these in turn were shipped to the commercial centres and sold. This trade was conducted under mckenney's Superin tendency for six years; but the large private fur companies meanwhile steadily increased their own trade by the introduction of spirituous liquors, until finally, by Act of Congress of May 6, 1822, the Government trade was brought to an end, and George Graham was appointed to close the affairs of the Superintendency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America, Vol. 1 of 2: With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs; Embellished With One Hundred Portraits From the Indian Gallery in the War

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Excerpt from To the Public Sm: We beg leave to state that, in our opinion, much good would result to the various Indian tribes within our jurisdiction, and the humane objects of the Government be greatly promoted, by sending some intelligent indi vidual to visit those tribes, upon whom 1t is deemed most important to make a favorable impression, as to their settlement west of the Mississippi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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